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Watty Bell's Round Cairn is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Northumberland, England. The monument takes the form of a circular cairn constructed from stone, typical of funerary monuments erected during the Bronze Age period. Such round cairns served as burial places for individuals of status within prehistoric communities and often contained cremated or inhumed remains, sometimes accompanied by grave goods. The site remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practices in northern England.
Watty Bell's round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015839. View the official record →
Watty Bell's Round Cairn is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Northumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015839.
Watty Bell's round cairn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015839.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British farmstead, 550m south-east of Shittleheugh (7.6 km), Fawdon Hill defended settlement, 900m north-west of Closehead (7.9 km), Medieval wayside cross, 200m NNW of Brownrigg (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Watty Bell's round cairn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Watty Bell's round cairn stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.